Ceps Eclair, Honey & Lemon Jam and Dulcey Chocolate Makes 15 Portions
Ceps Eclair, Honey & Lemon Jam and Dulcey Chocolate Makes 15 Portions
May 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM
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May 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM
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Ceps Pastry Cream
Base:
600 gr - Cream
400 gr - Milk
45 gr - Dried Ceps Mushrooms
1 pcs - Vanila Pod Scraped
Pastry Cream Mix:
2 gr - Gelatin
250 gr - Base mix
30 gr - Egg yolks
50 gr - Brown Sugar
15 gr - Cornstarch
80 gr - Butter
40 gr - Milk Azelia Chocolate
(a 35% Hazelnut Chocolate from Valrhona) Bring milk and cream to a boil with the vanilla pod. Add the ceps mushrooms and let infuse for 48 hours.
Warm up the base mix. In a separate bowl mix egg yolks, sugar with the cornstarch and 50 gram of the base. Mix both together and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the butter, the Milk Azelia Chocolate and the gelatin. Let set and use.
Lemon Jam
Cooked Lemons
1500 gr - Lemons
Lemon Jam Mix
700 gr - Cooked lemons
150 gr - Honey
180 gr - Sugar
15 gr - Yellow Pectin*
* In case Pectin is not available both sugar and pectin can be replaced with sugar for jam cooking (available in every supermarket). It is the same ingredients but already mixed together.
Slice the lemons into small pieces and boil in water for 30 minutes.
Caramelize the honey, add the cooked and strained lemons. Add 2/3 of the sugar and cook for a few minutes. Mix the remaining sugar with the pectin, add and boil for 5 more minutes at low heat. Set aside, wait until cooled down and chop.
Brownie sponge
170 gr - Butter
60 gr - Egg yolk
110 gr - Brown sugar
40 gr - Flour
120 gr - Guanaja 70% Chocolate
75 gr - Hazelnuts
90 gr - Egg whites
Prepare a soft butter and mix with sugar and add the melted chocolate.
Whip the egg whites, use a little bit to mix with the first part, then add the rest. To finish fold in egg yolks and the flour. Add to the mix with the hazelnuts. Spread evenly in a baking pan and bake at 170 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. The brownie should not be fully cooked and still chewy in the inside
Whipped Dulcey Ganache
225 gr - Cream
635 gr - Cold cream
25 gr - Glucose
25 gr - Honey
360 gr - Dulcey Chocolate
Bring the cream to a boil with the honey, pour it over the chocolate and blend. Add the cold cream at 50ºC, let chill down for 4 to 6h in the fridge, the whip it and store it in the piping bag ready for service.
Choux Paste
160 gr - Water
160 gr - Milk
160 gr - Soft butter
6 gr - Sugar
4 gr - Salt
8 gr - Vanilla extract
160 gr - Flour (all purposes)
280 gr - Whole egg
Bring milk, water, butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract to a boil. Add the flour and cook until the paste has thickened and starts to build a ball.
Let cool down, add the eggs and prepare a smooth dough.
Pipe with a star tuile - 10 cm long and 2 cm 3 cm width
Pre heat the oven to 250 degrees. Put in the éclairs and bake for 12 to 16 minutes until the dough starts to grow up. Reduce the temperature down to 160 degrees and finish baking (25 minutes).
After the éclairs are baked cut the top of every pastry. Fill the bottom with some lemon jam. Put 3 chunks of the brownie sponge on top. Fill the empty spots with the whipped Dulcey Ganache. Pipe the ceps pastry cream with a round tuile and the remaining whipped Dulcey Ganache evenly on the éclair, sprinkle some toasted hazelnuts on top and garnish with a chocolate curl.